ApparitionsStalkTheNight 2

[21:33]	<GMOwen>	Evening moves to night proper, and the city is aglow with lights, hustle, and bustle. The ladies of darkness pay the humans’ activities little mind for the moment, as they return to their cozy house with fresh blood, though of a much different variety than originally planned. Which is to say, the kind which will remain alive for the foreseeable future.
[21:34]	* Phrine	waltzes through the front door, cute pink cake box clutched dearly to her chest.
[21:36]	* Kalinka	fresh bloods in behind her. I mean walks.
[21:38]	* Joule	follows the two inside, a little distant as she goes.
[21:38]	* Phrine	slides the cake onto some random end table and hangs up her traveling coat. But not before making sure her Colt S.A.A. is safe and sound!
[21:38]	* Kalinka	looks around the place. It's kinda... tiny.
[21:39]	<Phrine>	"Welcome home, best friend! Or... not your home, but... yeah~"
[21:41]	* Phrine	spreads out an arm to display the house. It's not THAT small, rich girl!
[21:42]	* Kalinka	smiles. It's the thought that counts, or something. Right?
[21:44]	<Kalinka>	Is very nice place.
[21:45]	* Phrine	goes :S
[21:45]	* Letty	stands to the side silently.
[21:45]	* Kalinka	looks out a window idly. She's not used to being in other people's houses without something to do, so everything feels a little weird.
[21:45]	<Phrine>	"Why you gotta talk all like that all the time anyways~? Didn't you ever learn to speak smartlike?"
[21:46]	<Phrine>	"IT is A very nice place, see?"
[21:47]	* Kalinka	looks back, and shrugs after thinking for a moment.
[21:48]	<Joule>	It doesn't fit much equipment, you know.
[21:48]	<Kalinka>	English was never high priority language. Use French and Italian much more often.
[21:49]	<Phrine>	"No, Jewel, you've just got too much equipingment for the house!"
[21:50]	* Phrine	pokes some random equippingment that is taking up space that could be used for storing delicious cake.
[21:51]	<Joule>	Careful there. I left some of the coils working so not all of the wires are cold.
[21:53]	* Joule	doesn't stop her, though, silently intrigued by the prospect of observing her electrical conductivity.
[21:54]	* Phrine	will remember to get zapped later and make Jewel happy. But not is not a time for that. She moves over to Kalinka and tugs at her hand.
[21:54]	<Phrine>	"C'mon~ Sit-sit!"
[21:56]	* Kalinka	does so, feeling a little embarrassed.
[21:56]	* Joule	takes the opportunity to take a good look at Kalinka. She hasn't taken the trouble to have a close look, although the lack of an in-depth introduction is no help.
[21:56]	<Kalinka>	Ah, sorry...
[21:58]	* Phrine	sits across from her.
[21:58]	<Phrine>	"Soooo... were we somewhere...?"
[21:58]	* Kalinka	looks slightly confused by the question.
[21:59]	* Phrine	is not, because she asked it!
[22:01]	<Kalinka>	...The cake shop?
[22:02]	* Kalinka	cannot believe the girl's short-term memory is THAT far gone.
[22:02]	* Phrine	stares aimlessly.
[22:02]	<Phrine>	"..............that's not what I meant."
[22:02]	<Phrine>	"Did you get less smart when you left? 'Cause I definitely got more~"
[22:03]	<Kalinka>	Highly unlikely.
[22:03]	<Phrine>	"Well then you know what I'm saying~!"
[22:03]	* Phrine	leans her arms on her knees and chin on hands, smiling.
[22:03]	* Kalinka	snorts in amusement, but goes back to feeling flustered.
[22:04]	* Phrine	looks over at Jewel.
[22:04]	<Phrine>	"Jewelry! Sit-sit~!"
[22:04]	<Kalinka>	...Do you have
[22:04]	* Kalinka	thinks of the word
[22:04]	<Kalinka>	...spirits?
[22:05]	* Phrine	points to Jewel.
[22:05]	<Phrine>	"She's one. That's all I've met."
[22:05]	* Joule	picks up the device she was working on and moves to sit, but notices the question.
[22:05]	<Joule>	It's appropriate she directs you to me. What would you like?
[22:06]	<Kalinka>	...Da, very.
[22:06]	<Kalinka>	Vodka, perhaps?
[22:06]	<Phrine>	"Oh..... wait, THOOOOSE kinds..."
[22:08]	* Joule	nods, going over to her cupboard. She pours a shot glass of vodka and grabs some stemware for herself, concocting something from Sekt, mint liqeur and Curacao inside. She walks over and sits, handing the shot glass over.
[22:09]	* Kalinka	brightens up, and cheerfully accepts the glass.
[22:10]	<Kalinka>	Spasiba.
[22:10]	<Phrine>	"God bless you~"
[22:10]	* Phrine	will never understand the irony of saying that.
[22:11]	* Joule	begins to sip at the aqua-blue thing she has made for herself, apparently pleased with it.
[22:11]	* Kalinka	downs it like a pro.
[22:12]	<Kalinka>	...Ah! Taste of home.
[22:12]	<Joule>	Russkiy?
[22:13]	* Kalinka	nods, then pauses.
[22:13]	<Kalinka>	...Ty govoriš' po-russki?
[22:15]	<Phrine>	"No thanks; I've got cake. But I'm saving it for later~"
[22:15]	* Joule	turns her free hand over and over in a so-so gesture.
[22:16]	* Kalinka	winks at her.
[22:16]	<Kalinka>	Should talk more later.
[22:17]	* Kalinka	turns back to Phrine, ice now kinda-broken, and remembering what it was she was asking.
[22:17]	* Kalinka	takes Phrines hand in hers.
[22:18]	<Kalinka>	Dearest comrade Phrine, please tell this to me:
[22:18]	<Kalinka>	What are you?
[22:19]	* Phrine	knows this is not a time to be silly now. She looks Dearest Comrade Kalinka in her eyes.
[22:19]	<Phrine>	"I'm a, vampire, I guess."
[22:21]	* Kalinka	jerks back slightly in reflexive fear at hearing the word, and realizing she's just walked into a blood-suckers' den.
[22:22]	* Phrine	has seen this before.
[22:22]	* Phrine	raises up her hands.
[22:22]	<Phrine>	"No, no-no-no, no no, not like that, not like that!"
[22:22]	<Phrine>	"I promise, it's not like that! Honest now!"
[22:23]	* Kalinka	tries to force herself to relax, or at least look relaxed.
[22:24]	<Kalinka>	Nyet, nyet. Fault is mine. Forgive me, please.
[22:24]	* Kalinka	laughs nervously.
[22:24]	* Phrine	buries her face in her hands, rocking back and forth a little.
[22:25]	<Phrine>	"Ohh, shoulda not just said it right there, stupid stupid stupid..."
[22:25]	* Joule	pets the exposed back of her head.
[22:26]	<Kalinka>	Calm, dear Phrine. Was startled by news.
[22:26]	<Kalinka>	Did not mean to seem...
[22:26]	<Kalinka>	terrored.
[22:26]	* Kalinka	lays a hand on her shoulder.
[22:27]	<Phrine>	"I know, I know I know, but... just, so, WEIRD..."
[22:28]	<Kalinka>	Already knew you and friends were not human.
[22:28]	<Phrine>	"Mweh, calm down, calm down... It's, normal. Very... normal."
[22:28]	* Phrine	talks more to herself there.
[22:30]	* Kalinka	gets out of her seat and hugs Phrine.
[22:30]	<Kalinka>	Is all right. Do not fear my leaving.
[22:31]	* Phrine	hugs back.
[22:33]	* Kalinka	speaks softly and as comfortingly as she can, telling herself over and over in her head that if they wanted to kill her, they would have done so before now, and that she wouldn't have been allowed to learn this. It helps a bit.
[22:34]	* Phrine	hopes she didn't just make a big mistake. Her best friend wouldn't be a bad person who doesn't like vampires... right?
[22:39]	* Kalinka	stays by Phrine's side, hugging her close. The fact that she's got her neck within a few inches of chomping range and isn't trying to protect it should speak for something, right?
[22:39]	* Phrine	just nuzzles against her shoulder. Just like old times...
[22:40]	<Phrine>	"...why'd you have to go and leave me, Maggy?"
[22:40]	<Phrine>	"We, it was... I, was... happy."
[22:48]	* Joule	decides it best not to interrupt, putting the device from earlier on her lap and tinkering with it.
[22:52]	<Kalinka>	...Had work in Florence.
[22:53]	* Kalinka	sounds part sad and part reluctant as she says this.
[22:53]	<Kalinka>	Did not want to leave, but must always heed call.
[22:54]	<Phrine>	"But, work is just, money. There's lots of it. I... know, I'm not a lot, but... I'm the only one."
[22:55]	<Phrine>	"I missed you, Maggy."
[22:55]	* Phrine	hugs Kalinka closer.
[22:56]	* Kalinka	is feeling kind of horrible, now. Doubly so with the whole vampire-freakout bit (which, however justified, still made her upset).
[22:56]	<Kalinka>	Was missing you as well, dearest Phrine.
[22:56]	<Kalinka>	...
[22:57]	* Kalinka	isn't sure how to say the next part, but feels like she owes her something of an explanation.
[22:59]	<Kalinka>	This work, it is not for money. It is for living.
[23:02]	* Phrine	doesn't get it.
[23:02]	<Phrine>	"Mweh, I don't get it."
[23:02]	* Phrine	rests the entirety of her head's wait on Kal's shoulder now, just relaxing.
[23:03]	* [Pyg]Judith	, at last, has returned home. She enters the front door, closing her parasol.
[23:03]	* Phrine	realizes this instantly, but doesn't really jump up.
[23:04]	<Phrine>	"Oh. Hi Mom. Unless you want me to stop called you that again. Hi Jude."
[23:04]	* Joule	turns to look at the arrival.
[23:06]	* Kalinka	looks up forcing herself to make the movement casual and normal.
[23:09]	* Phrine	flops her head off at about the same time and, even though she didn't need to, winds up on the floor looking at Judith.
[23:10]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Ah, be careful!"
[23:11]	<Phrine>	"No~"
[23:11]	* Phrine	thumbs over at Kalinka.
[23:12]	<Phrine>	"This is Magda. Or, Kalinka. Old friend. Best friend. She knows about us. She's fine."
[23:12]	* [Pyg]Judith	gets Phrine back on her feet.
[23:13]	* Phrine	has created the best summary.
[23:13]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Oh? Hello then, miss."
[23:14]	* [Pyg]Judith	nods at the new face.
[23:16]	* Kalinka	musters her composure, and offers a winning smile back.
[23:17]	<Kalinka>	And good evening to you. 'Kalinka' is fine, miss...?
[23:19]	* Kalinka	notes the same sort of aura that carries the weight of blood-stained years. Together with Phrine's comment, she assumes the new woman to be a vampire as well.
[23:19]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"'Judith.' Pleasure to meet you."
[23:20]	<Kalinka>	Judit, then. Is also pleasing for meeting you.
[23:21]	* Kalinka	realizes that she's sort of ignored the other woman who's been there the whole time.
[23:21]	* Kalinka	turns, looking kind of embarrassed yet again.
[23:22]	<Kalinka>	...Forgive me much, but did not catch your name.
[23:23]	* Joule	has gone back to the wiring on her new device. She looks up, her malevolent smile turned into an expression of curiosity.
[23:23]	<Joule>	Hm? Me?
[23:24]	<Kalinka>	Da.
[23:25]	<Joule>	Dr. Q.T. Boltzmann, although most simply refer to me as Joule.
[23:25]	<Joule>	Not a vampire, if you're curious.
[23:27]	<Kalinka>	Had surmised as much., but pleased to meet you.
[23:27]	<Phrine>	"Yeah, way to break the trend, Jewel."
[23:27]	* Kalinka	looks back to Judith, and tilts her head.
[23:27]	* Phrine	sticks her tongue out at the ghost who isn't a ghost.
[23:28]	<Kalinka>	But you are, nyet? And for some time.
[23:28]	* [Pyg]Judith	is in the middle of taking her hat off.
[23:28]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Me?"
[23:29]	* Kalinka	nods.
[23:30]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Indeed, I am. Not something I admit to openly, but since Phrine trusts you, I have no problem."
[23:32]	<Kalinka>	...Spasiba. Am grateful for such.
[23:33]	* Kalinka	brightens up.
[23:33]	<Kalinka>	If all introductions are made, is not time for cake?
[23:34]	* Phrine	has magically appeared in the kitchen with cake in hand. We shall say she got lost.
[23:35]	<Phrine>	"CAKE~!"
[23:36]	* Kalinka	has been beaten there. Curses.
[23:37]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Ooh, just when I was thinking about having dessert."
[23:38]	<Kalinka>	Is more special than dessert.
[23:39]	<Kalinka>	Is hundredth birthday.
[23:39]	* Phrine	stands over the cake with a knife. She stares at the cake.
[23:40]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Yours?"
[23:40]	<Kalinka>	Da.
[23:40]	* Kalinka	looks a little ...smug? Proud?
[23:40]	* Joule	is quite surprised!
[23:40]	* Kalinka	walks over behind Phrine and hugs her.
[23:41]	<Kalinka>	Phrine iz best present.
[23:41]	* Phrine	has been startled by THE WITCH!
[23:41]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"A happy birthday to you then. Ah, I feel so unprepared."
[23:41]	* Phrine	drops the knife accidentally into the cake. Stab~
[23:45]	<Phrine>	"Gwah, th-the cake..."
[23:49]	* [Pyg]Judith	pulls the knife off of the cake.
[23:50]	* Kalinka	pokes her head around to look. She does not see much of a problem.
[23:51]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Be more careful, will you?"
[23:51]	<Kalinka>	If is upset making to eat pierced cake, I will take.
[23:52]	* Phrine	fixes the problem by cutting uneven slices everywhere. Now everyone can have exactly the amount they want!
[23:52]	<Phrine>	"Nope~"
[23:53]	<Joule>	Hm.
[23:54]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"Wha-"
[23:55]	* Kalinka	observes Phrine's mental problem-solving processes at work. Nothing's changed here, certainly.
[00:03]	<[Pyg]Judith>	"No use crying over...cut up cake, I suppose."